Petaurista nobilis

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Sciurinae
Tribe : Pteromyini
Genus : Petaurista

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1842-12-01. Descriptions of some new genera and fifty unrecorded species of Mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)10(65):255-267.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324287

Original name as described

Sciuropterus nobilis

Other common names

Gray's Giant Flying Squirrel · Noble Giant Flying Squirrel

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.529

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/898ce33b-8cc8-43d6-a0b9-a38e7aaeeae5

Type locality

Darjeeling, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Nepal · India · Bhutan

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001650

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Sciuropterus Crysostrix

(Hodgson, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

crysostrix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.45

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/323a3e59-b5e6-4f6b-bcc3-6418453109d7

Authority page

414

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37127186

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Sciuropterus nobilis

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nobilis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.529

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/898ce33b-8cc8-43d6-a0b9-a38e7aaeeae5

Authority page

263

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324287

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Petaurista nobilis singhei

S. S. Saha, 1975

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

singhei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 19643

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

27

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society, Calcutta

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Pteromys nobilis

(E. Blyth, 1847)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nobilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

866

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126415

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1847:866, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39852)

Petaurista nobilis

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nobilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16722/22271710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Petaurista nobilis nobilis

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nobilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciuropterus chrysotrix

(Hodgson, 1844)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

chrysotrix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

67

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciuropterus Chrysotrix

(Hodgson, 1844)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

chrysotrix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

293

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405528

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

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